Apt and FC3T2

[Jeff Spaleta]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 03:53:21 -0500, Mike Loiterman <mike at ascendency.net> wrote:
> I'm plannig on installing FC3T2 when it's available later today.  Will I
> still be able to use apt-get install, apt-get update and apt-get upgrade?
> If so, what changes, if any, will I have to make to my setup?  I'll be
> upgrading from FC2-FINAL.

Will you be able to use apt? Only one way to find out... by testing it.
The master fedora mirror does not provide apt specific metadata nor
has it ever, so if you are using apt right now, you are using a mirror
where the admin has created the apt metadata above and beyond what the
master fedora download server provides.

So the very first thing you need to figure out is, which mirrors are
going to go through the trouble of generating the apt metadata for the
test release AND on what time scale you should expect the apt metadata
to be available.

But this isn't news.... the master mirror has never supported apt
directly... and i highly doubt anything has happened delibrately to
break apt working for those people who want to generate apt metadata
and provide an apt compatible repository.

What is news is the master mirror should be providing new "common"
metadata. There might be a version of apt in development right now
that can use the "common" metadata, but I have no idea since i dont
use apt. You'll have to ask around in something a little more apt
specific as a forum.

-jef